Ex-Councillor Stabs Teenager for Refusing Advances

A former councillor of Amuwo-Odofin Local
Government Area of Lagos State, Onimole
Babatunde, is currently being detained at the
Area E Police Command, Festac, Lagos for
allegedly stabbing an 18-year-old girl in the
neck after she refused his advances at a
night club.
On October 26, Mariam Abubakar (pictured
above) went to Pearl Habour Night Club in
Rochester Garden Hotel, Festac to “catch
weekend fun.” Her friend, who pleaded
anonymity, said they only went there “to
hang out” when Babatunde, who was
obviously drunk, started to make advances to
Abubakar.
She said, “She was not interested in him so
she did not answer when he called her. He
was dancing and Mariam (Abubakar) was
sitting at a table. He was obviously drunk and
he came to pull her.
“He was manhandling her and she insisted he
should leave her alone. This did not go down
well with Babatunde and he was really angry.
He went to a corner, took a bottle, broke it
and stabbed Mariam in the neck.”
According to the source, Babatunde fled the
scene immediately.
A police source at Area E told our
correspondent that the preliminary report
obtained indicated that the incident occurred
at about 1:30am. He said Abubakar bled
profusely at the scene before she was taken
to Naval Hospital, Ojo by sympathisers at the
night club.
The source said she was not admitted
because those who took her there could not
produce a police report.
“That was when someone notified our station
(Area E Command) and we went to take her
to Ajeromi General Hospital,” he said.
It was learnt that as Abubakar was being
taken to the general hospital, she went into a
coma.
She was said to have been revived at the
general hospital. A nurse at the hospital, who
craved anonymity, told our correspondent
that she had lost about 20 per cent of her
blood.
Abubakar is currently under intensive care at
the hospital.
However, the police said the night club
workers destroyed evidence at the scene of
the alleged crime by cleaning up Abubakar’s
blood on the floor.
The hotel has currently been sealed off by the
police because the management did not
report the incident.
It was learnt that the police got wind of
Babatunde’s whereabouts, said to be holing
up somewhere in Ikoyi and called him to
simply come and write a statement. But he
was detained immediately he got to the
station.
The police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, said
she had not been briefed on the case.


Source: Punch